Amar Bolite Prabhu
O Lord! Nothing else is to be considered ‘mine’. You alone are my father, my friend, and my brother.
My friends, wife, sons, and daughters are all Your servants and maidservants. All my endeavours are based on that relationship.
Considering my wealth, relatives, and household to be ‘Yours’, only as Your servant do I maintain them.
In order to maintain what is Yours, I will earn money and bear the expenses of Your household.
I do not know what is good or what is bad, I only serve. I am simply a guardian of the property within Your household.
I direct my senses—my desires for hearing, seeing, smelling, tasting, and so forth—in accordance with Your will.
I no longer endeavour for my own happiness. Bhakti Vinod understands, “Your satisfaction is the essence.”
About Amar Bolite Prabhu
One of the more practical songs in Ātma Nivedana: rather than speaking in abstractions, it moves through the actual people and possessions a person calls their own, offering each in turn to Kṛṣṇa's service instead.
- Composer
- Bhaktivinoda Thakura · Read biography
- Songbook
- Saranagati
- Mood
- Verses
- 7
- Recordings
- 1 More by this singer More by this composer
Frequently asked
Who wrote Amar Bolite Prabhu?
Amar Bolite Prabhu was composed by Bhaktivinoda Thakura. It appears in Saranagati.
What is the meaning of Amar Bolite Prabhu?
O Lord! Nothing else is to be considered ‘mine’. You alone are my father, my friend, and my brother.
Where can I listen to Amar Bolite Prabhu?
You can listen to 1 recording of Amar Bolite Prabhu on this page, including versions sung by HG Saci Kumar Prabhu.
How many verses does Amar Bolite Prabhu have?
Amar Bolite Prabhu has 7 verses.
Can I download Amar Bolite Prabhu as a PPT or PDF?
Yes. A ready-to-display slide deck for Amar Bolite Prabhu — verse and translation on each slide — is available to download in both PowerPoint (.pptx) and PDF formats from this page, for use in kirtan or temple programs.
Audio courtesy of ISKCON Desire Tree. All glories to the devotee singers.